budget/midrange build help

lordm11 · 11 Apr 2012 at 11:37

Hi guys wondered if I could pick the your brains, currently I own a Compaq Presario 5027 with the following specs;

Motherboard - 945GCT-HM (Livermore)
Processor - PentiumD 925
Memory - 2 GB
Video graphics - Geforce 8600 GTS
Hard drive 1x SATA 160 GB 1 X SATA 80GB
CD/DVD disc drive -SuperMulti 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA drive
Memory Card Reader -15-in-1 multimedia card reader
Computer Case -Mid-size ATX
Power Supply - 300W

This setup is starting to show its age now and I was thinking about scavenging some of the components over into a new build (specifically the VGA, HDD + DVDR, USB etc and possibly even the case itself)

Generally I don't use my PC for gaming so am looking for a setup that can handle more everyday tasks such as video playback, downloading and unpacking large files etc, but still have the potential to upgrade should I choose. I'm looking of spending in the region of 250-300 any advice/guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Rob

lordm11 · 11 Apr 2012 at 12:28

thanks for the info there shadow, that build looks good to me and is on budget, currently have Vista Premium, but if I go to 8GB ram I would need a 64bit version of windows, correct?

lordm11 · 11 Apr 2012 at 12:46

appreciate the help, It's been a long while since i built a PC..is the new PSU necessary?

lordm11 · 11 Apr 2012 at 12:57

thought that would be the case. thanks very much shadow_boxer appreciate your help and guidance

lordm11 · 11 Apr 2012 at 13:06

sorry, another quick question - you mentioned i would not need to transfer my GPU as the new mobo has a built in GPU, I know my GPU is quite old now, but would there be no performance difference if I did use it?

lordm11 · 11 Apr 2012 at 13:44

cheers guys, more food for thought there... the CPU i currently have is a

3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium D
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded

I understand that the clock speed alone is not the deciding factor in a CPU's performance, but I did notice that the speed on the suggested Intel CPU is 2.60Ghz which is a drop. :confused: